gnome-terminal: change colors for each server I log into?

dsegel · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 127

I have a set of colors I use on my desktop system, but I'd like the terminal colors (primarily the background) to change if I open a session or ssh into a different system so it's immediately obvious if a given terminal window is local or not.

Can I do this with gnome-terminal? It doesn't use .Xdefaults, so I'm unclear on how to proceed.

monotux · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject:

I think you should do some research about your .bash_profile.
you can use a simple if-statement to change colours depending on hostname (very simple. you have to have an exact copy of your .bash_profile on every server you want special colors on tho...)

good luck

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